Grade Separation WMI aeLie Lee$s Hasten the, DagI As events recede into the past they growv more and more 'dîi and uncertain. As couirt' testinmony abundantly proves, hunian memnory is easily North Shore. subject to illusion and. History change. Two éequally relial)le witnesses give radically ifrmttsiony. These facts showv that only wvrtten records Madle very soon after the evenit can be trusted to tell' The north shore lias had a history reachi., iflg back to the early years of the l9th century, perhaps stili farther bac.k. "Unless those early days are revived again ini accu- rate history, north shore origins will be lost forever. Unless stories and descrip- tions are confirmed by coniparisons. we shall have nd reliable sources. The Indians, the Catholic church; the important thoroughfare between Chicago and points in northern Illinois and along the Wisconsin shore. Green Blay road is more than a mere namie, but if the name is applied to the new interurban highway now largely completed west of the rail-ý roads, the day will be at hand when the name, Green Bay road, will be as mean- ingless historicaily as Woodbitie lanie and remaims. poiniting good old, And that second nalt, înstead 01 to snow and ice, points to the sumier time. Weregret being obli ged to admit that. the word February .doesn't,: fit Well into poetic. me ter.I% f it did we shouldý have written1 a few verses in its«'honpr of the only month that, ever changes its length. As the number oor* years increases we are.al l ikely to give up active physical exercise. Especially is this true, in; this' day of the auto... Some peo- Aduit > ple w'alk to and f rom the Exerise railroad station' and the chiurch or club. But many more ride to and from- these places. And sO ~bth iien i d '. ývôinén get softand flabby. We knowv a inan over 60 wvho not only wvalks four or five miles every business day btut also plays tennis alipst every fair day. Last year he underwent a major abdominal operation, but still he plays tennis actively and apparently with good- resuits, We learned recently that a group of Kenilworth men play indpor-outdoor of course such adlts are -exceptions. MoLst adults on Sunday mprnings are distinctly flot taking active physical exercise. While unsupervised outdoor play may be better than no play at ail, stili we bc- lieve that supervised aduit play would be an iniprovemént. It niay be that this man over 60 .mentioned above mnay piay -tennis me sc. »ight. I.. With only t/he cold ziuId between Us, A part from ail else, Close in the d.arkness. 01<1 in.>is twisdomn, he knew The end o! ail ou,' wonderings.. r'Vaichiij#, .immobile, ,mute. -We waited for.t/te aiesw.er. silenceé And bcauty eëtc lied against thte night. -Dorothy Duitcan. Curiosity KiIIed the Cat Our friend, Mique 'ites in a recent SHORe LINES of-, bis "cbarming ýcompanion." 'Knowfing immediately' that the companion must be a yo ung lady, we are at once 'curious to know- if hie, at last bas found a. fair one wbo bas corne to inean so much ta hirn that beé bas pcrsuaded bler: to be bis, iflong coM- panion or wbetber bie is mierely' roînancing. No, be cannot at his âge be romancing. Our first ii- ference must bc correct, Our beartiest congratula- tionis, f riënd Mique! -Fil Ossifer. SUN PARLOR FRIENDS Theye wvere waiting for me in the sun room,- Each one had a need ta disciose And picturing soon a uni! orm bloom, 1 sensed the trute way to compose, Then unourish gently, the 7vorld I had grown Promn gifts thte good Lord gra>ited mne. T/te vines I weaned front thte Narcissue zone And freed, too, the voung lemion tree. tVwere iunfolig ana spreaa:ng, rnii rose A nd geraniurn were inepired To glowv, and artificial bea uty depose; "Depression Plants," falsely attired. -Thalia A. Rochlitz, Glencoe. Like the bero in Mr. Douglas' book, "Forgiv Us Our Trespasses," we, toa, returned to the littl town of our boyhood and young manhood (back i da~r nIA (Ohnio ther day onlv to discover tba February. Ii the first place thîs second month of the year is a short nionth. After January with its 31 days and Christmnas buis bring- ýt. And that there is a bright side, 'Wby,_ wbat's -the matter with you 1 I've been very one of us really believes. A running this. machine for ten years.' attitude might mean a changed y"dOb0, 1 was mëreIy trying ta assist yota, just as you try ta bel; nme drive the car!"